Home›Sports›Origin Year›By Century›20th centuryBrowse By20th centuryOrigin year places a sport in the year its own laws were first fixed. Wikipedia notes association football "is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863." Browsing by origin year shows how long a sport's modern rulebook has actually existed.20th centurySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)20th centuryFilter Results25 entriesOrigin RegionAllAcapulco, Mexico (1)Bainbridge Island, Washington, United States (1)England (2)Europe (1)Europe (Austria, Germany, Denmark, Sweden) (1)Europe (Lwow, Poland, present-day Lviv, Ukraine) (1)France (Paris) (1)Japan (1)Michigan, United States (1)Ryukyu Kingdom, Okinawa, Japan (1)Southeast Asia (1)Thailand (1)United Kingdom and United States (1)United States (2)Derived FromAllBadminton (1)Basketball (1)Boxing (1)Handball (1)Judo (1)Karate (2)Muay Thai (1)Squash (2)Tennis (3)Weightlifting (1)Olympic Programme StatusAllCurrent Olympic Sport (12)Former Olympic Sport (1)Not an Olympic Sport (9)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 25Alpine Skiing20th centuryArchery20th centuryBrazilian jiu-jitsu20th centuryCanoeing20th centuryFencing20th centuryField Hockey20th centuryHandball20th centuryKarate20th centuryKickboxing20th centuryMixed Martial Arts20th centuryMotocross20th centuryMuay Thai20th centuryNetball20th centuryPadel20th centuryPickleball20th centuryPowerlifting20th centuryRacquetball20th centurySailing20th centurySepak Takraw20th centurySnowboarding20th centurySquash20th centuryStrongman20th centuryTable Tennis20th centuryTaekwondo20th centuryWrestling20th centurySourcesWikipedia, Golftier 2WikipediaContains: GolfView the SourceWikipedia, Squash (sport)tier 2WikipediaContains: SquashView the SourceWikipedia, Water Polotier 2WikipediaContains: Water PoloView the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.